Mountains and mist
High roads, cool air and morning fog — Thailand's cool season at its best.
20 provinces
Saraburi
A province of limestone hills, the gateway between the central plain and Isan.
Prachinburi
A lowland province on the Prachinburi River, near the forests of the Sankamphaeng range.
Nakhon Nayok
A small province holding the Khao Yai range and its forest, on the eastern edge of the centre.
Nakhon Ratchasima
Korat, the gateway to Isan, spread across a vast plateau.
Chaiyaphum
A province of folded hills and deep green forest in lower Isan.
Loei
A province of folded mountains, cool the year round, in upper Isan.
Chiang Mai
The old Lanna city, set in a northern valley, with cool air the whole way there.
Lamphun
A small northern town in a valley, on the Kuang River.
Lampang
A northern town wrapped in mountains, on the Wang River.
Uttaradit
A town on the Nan River, where the plain meets the mountains of the lower north.
Phrae
An old town in a basin, ringed by mountains in the upper north.
Nan
A small town among northern valleys, on the border with Laos.
Phayao
A small town on Kwan Phayao, a wide freshwater lake among northern mountains.
Chiang Rai
Thailand's northernmost province, full of high mountains and cool air the year round.
Mae Hong Son
A town in a valley, ringed by folded mountains on the Myanmar border.
Uthai Thani
A province with great forest and green mountains all around it.
Tak
A town on the Ping River, and the way west to the Mae Sot border.
Phetchabun
A province ringed by hills and high ranges in the middle of the lower north.
Ratchaburi
A town on the Mae Klong River, near the Tenasserim range in the west.
Kanchanaburi
A province of mountains and the River Khwae, on Thailand's western border.
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?How to use this page
- 1These groupings are SawadiKub's own starting point, not an official ranking.
- 2A province can sit in several categories — Krabi is both beach and nature.
- 3Use “See it on the map” to find where this group sits in the country.